REvil Ransomware found buyer for Trump data, now targeting Madonna
REvil ransomware group claims to have buyers ready for documents containing damaging information about US President Donald Trump and is […]
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FBI cracks alleged al-Qaida shooter’s iPhone without Apple’s help
U.S. authorities have reportedly broken through the encryption on one of the iPhones belonging to a mass shooter without the […]
EasyJet announces cybersecurity incident affecting 9 million clients
EasyJet announced that it had been “the target of a cybersecurity attack from a highly sophisticated source”. EasyJet stated that […]
Germany′s data chief tells ministries WhatsApp is a no-go
Germany’s data privacy chief has told federal bodies not to use WhatsApp, amid concerns that it feeds Facebook with data. […]
Big privacy and data security concerns as India forces coronavirus tracing app on millions
Privacy and legal experts raise red flags as many are forced to download an app one politician calls a “sophisticated […]
Multi-part Android spyware lurked on Google Play Store for 4 years, posing as a bunch of legit-looking apps
A newly uncovered strain of Android spyware lurked on the Google Play Store disguised as cryptocurrency wallet Coinbase, among other […]
Criminal forum trading stolen data suffers ironic data breach
Someone on the dark web is touting for sale an unusual database a lot of people might pay handsomely to […]
Xiaomi Devices Found Tracking And Recording Browsing Data Of Millions
Xiaomi has been tracking and recording an insane amount of private data, from user’s phone habits to queries in the […]
94% of Those Who Pay the Ransom Get the Data Back
According to The State of Ransomware 2020 global study conducted earlier this year on behalf of Sophos, organisations that decide […]
Washington, D.C. Adds Security Requirements in New Data Breach Notification Law
Washington, D.C. amended its data breach notification law (D.C. Act 23-268) on March 26, 2020, expanding the definition of personal […]
Thunderbolt Flaws Expose Millions of PCs to Hands-On Hacking
The so-called Thunderspy attack takes less than five minutes to pull off with physical access to a device, and it […]
More than 160 million user records from 11 companies for sale on dark web
A new individual or group that appears to be a reincarnation of GnosticPlayers is offering millions of user records for […]